Comments on: What Toyota knows that GM doesn’t

By: Made America

Made America — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:36:58 +0000

((((matt)))) love it matt I was just thinking the same thing people like that are the reason for Americas short fall what a Japanese butt kissing loser

By: Joseph Zapatero

Joseph Zapatero — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 09:44:36 +0000

I like Ones New style boss

By: baidu

baidu — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:49:14 +0000

Very well written,thank you share.
baidu

By: Mini i9 Black

Mini i9 Black — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:00:58 +0000

Your do have some unique ideas here and I expect more articles from you.

By: matt

matt — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:36:59 +0000

correction.. not versillas.. the treaty of peace.. read it.. 1951.. its bullshit..

By: matt

matt — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:23:31 +0000

whoever wrote this is a moron and needs to get their facts straight. are you an american>? so act like one and stop loving on a worthless company like toyota.. their cars are absolute crap that are killing americans. gm has been around for over 100 years. were the biggest automaker for about 60 years.. they arent a jap crap company that gets to get around all of our free trade taxes and fees because we blew up their country 60 years ago and for the next 100 years in the treaty of versies we signed with them they get to sell whatever they want without strict saftey regulations and huge taxes. sticky gas pedals anyone? or was it the mats? no,, the harness.. oh wait not that .. the tps.. no the bcm.. no.. cant be.. maybe the ecm.. toyota morons.. cant even figure out a simple problem.. how about peoples tocomas frames rotting in half? no.. well back to the point. bc gm has been around for so long.. and have so many retirees and pay so much in taxes and medical and 401ks.. on every sale about 5 grand of every chevy goes to retirement funds and medical… toyota … try like 200 bucks. toyota is a young company with no retiree funds…. there is also alot of other reasons.. why does gm have to pay almost 4 grand a car to manufature it here>? so they have to move to other countrys to avoid that tax.. toyota. no tax.. treaty…. same with germany.. we blew them up… so audi..vw.. bmw and mb gets alot of the same easy walking ….politics… so to the idiot that wrote this… do some research.. and not on liberal sites or wiki.. look beyond the bs.. and figure it out. toyota is slowly killing this country and everyone that buys a jap car sends all there money to japan… the japs hate us.. so why give it to them.. keep the money in our country… thanks

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:03:31 +0000

HA HA!
Toyota is paying billions fixing a simple problem. How is being responsible for 52 deaths and still not being able too make a safe car good business?
We need to stop paying millions to get these companies to build in the US. It isn’t worth it.
GM is stronger than Toyota could ever be. Yes they did lay off a lot of US workers, more than the total number of employees that Toyota has in the US. However, GM still employ over double the amount of Americans that Toyota does.
Also, 5 Best Buys! That’s kinda strange for a “terrible” company.

By: Mohan Rai

Mohan Rai — Wed, 13 May 2009 04:30:05 +0000

Oh! We have to appreciate the Toyota’s systematic work style

By: Auto Blog

Auto Blog — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:09:03 +0000

Great read – keep up the great work!

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:22:48 +0000

Good article, I think we could all benefit from a little eastern culture. One comment I must add, I really hope Toyota doesn’t consider their employees an asset. An asset is something you own. Investment, sure why not. I own both GM and Toyota vehicles and I think GM is falling because they are not following their roots. Detroit is a bad place to be right now and I wish all 3 good luck, they have a lot of good competition- Toyota, Subaru, Honda just to name a few. One interesting note about Toyota; they measure and match their main bearings to their crankshafts. This is a reason why they last longer than the other guys and why mine has 200K and still going strong.

By: rafaelfrias (Rafael Frias)

rafaelfrias (Rafael Frias) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:47:30 +0000

Toyota invierte en sus trabajadores en momentos de crisis. Olé! http://tinyurl.com/6rkudb

By: abhijitgore (AbhijitGore)

abhijitgore (AbhijitGore) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:28:58 +0000

What Toyota knows that GM doesn’t ? http://is.gd/7TDp while GM has laid off 34,000..Toyota laid off ZERO…answer lies in Values and Assets

By: juleniturbe (Julen Iturbe)

juleniturbe (Julen Iturbe) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:52:04 +0000

Etiquetado What Toyota knows that GM doesn’t | EdgeHopper: Lo que hace Toyota ante la crisis http://tinyurl.com/6rkudb

By: csanchez (Carlos Sanchez)

csanchez (Carlos Sanchez) — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:53:12 +0000

people is your biggest asset, learn it the toyota way http://tinyurl.com/6rkudb

By: josepjc (Josep Jordana)

josepjc (Josep Jordana) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:49:11 +0000

como afronta la crisis Toyota http://tinyurl.com/6rkudb

By: dallasdude

dallasdude — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:48:08 +0000

Word is that all the part time employees are gone. POOF, gone and layoffs are on the way, oops already begun.

By: j12

j12 — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:17:23 +0000

i couldnt care less if Detroit goes under. The big 3 (at least 2 of them) will be asking for money fiscal quarter after fiscal quarter if the government gives it to them once. Mark my words. Once they get a free hand out without giving any concessions, the cookie jar is open and the American Taxpayer will bear the brunt.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:11:24 +0000

Worthless article.

1. yes all companies should take price in their workforce and I agree you should aim to continually train and improve employees, it will allow you to promote from within which is always a better choice.

2. layoffs are not the cause of GM’s problems. You did not mention the fact that the Unions have such a stranglehold on GM that the hourly wage of GM workers is double Toyota’s. You did not mention that Toyota does not have job banks of laid off workers collecting FULL WAGE for not working.

3. the ‘big 3′ stopped designing cars that American’s wanted as well. So on top of having horrible overhead (thanks Unions) they also lost market share to the companies that created smaller, more effecient cars.

By: cspag (Chris Spagnuolo ?)

cspag (Chris Spagnuolo ?) — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:47:25 +0000

Stiglitz wants bankrupcty for the big 3:http://is.gd/boT7 and What GM can learn from Toyota: http://is.gd/7TDp

By: cspag (Chris Spagnuolo ?)

cspag (Chris Spagnuolo ?) — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:47:25 +0000

Stiglitz wants bankrupcty for the big 3:http://is.gd/boT7 and What GM can learn from Toyota: http://is.gd/7TDp

By: cspag (Chris Spagnuolo ?)

cspag (Chris Spagnuolo ?) — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:47:25 +0000

Stiglitz wants bankrupcty for the big 3:http://is.gd/boT7 and What GM can learn from Toyota: http://is.gd/7TDp

By: JackPark (Jack Park)

JackPark (Jack Park) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:30:55 +0000

What Toyota knows that GM doesn’t
http://tinyurl.com/6rkudb

By: JackPark (Jack Park)

JackPark (Jack Park) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:30:55 +0000

What Toyota knows that GM doesn’t
http://tinyurl.com/6rkudb

By: JackPark (Jack Park)

JackPark (Jack Park) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:30:55 +0000

What Toyota knows that GM doesn’t
http://tinyurl.com/6rkudb

By: PINGBACK

PINGBACK — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:59:01 +0000

PINGBACK: http://www.poorandrich.com/?p=113

…I came across an interesting article, What Toyota knows that GM doesn’t, while going through my daily blogs and it made me think about the millions of jobs lost and the persons who have lost their jobs over the last 12 or so months. This article really hits home for all businesses that are laying people off just to “save and little money”. Are you really saving money in the long term? I know people who have been laid off by the big mainstream companies and vow to never purchase another product or service they offer. OUCH! So the real question is, how much is saved to imitigate short-term funds lost versus long-term loses? If you found out that you were laid off and it could have been prevented, would you look at your company different?…

By: cspag (Chris Spagnuolo ?)

cspag (Chris Spagnuolo ?) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:48:17 +0000

The giant automakers that couldn’t: http://is.gd/aTl0 More about what Toyota knows that GM doesn’t: http://is.gd/7TDp

By: cspag (Chris Spagnuolo ?)

cspag (Chris Spagnuolo ?) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:48:17 +0000

The giant automakers that couldn’t: http://is.gd/aTl0 More about what Toyota knows that GM doesn’t: http://is.gd/7TDp

By: cspag (Chris Spagnuolo ?)

cspag (Chris Spagnuolo ?) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:48:17 +0000

The giant automakers that couldn’t: http://is.gd/aTl0 More about what Toyota knows that GM doesn’t: http://is.gd/7TDp

By: JimD

JimD — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:50:23 +0000

So, how much money does Toyota America pay to retiree’s pension and health benefits?

Answer – not much. Much of GM’s costs is to pay for the pension and health of their retirees. Maybe they were too hopeful in years gone by, and they have changed the new employess to 401k plans, but they still have the legacy costs.

Same as an airline such as JetBlue – they have no legacy costs to contain.

Can GM do a better job – hell ya, but it is not an apples to apples comparision.

By: cipher 34

cipher 34 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:16:36 +0000

How many Toyota workers are full time employees? ~ about 2/3′s. Benefits?
What benefits? What about Vietnamese and Chinese workers at their Toyota plant in Japan? What about the Burmese connections to their parts business that are shipped here to Kentucky? Yes, just what we need the Toyota form of business here in the U.S. A few years ago we all but crucified Kathy Lee for her clothing business and child labor in Guatemala, but Toyota with a business in Burma~ that’s okay, it is helping the American economy ~ what hypocrites!
Check out the story better the next time ~ I’d rather deal with the UAW, at least the UAW fights for the U.S. worker.